Hi Charlie,
I don't believe you are crazy for wanting to paint over some teak
panelling. I've done similar recoats to brighten up a small space.
However, I highly recommend that you apply a slightly thinned coat of
"varnish" first, as a primer. Thus if you or someone wants to change
back to teak finish later it is easy to strip and you won't have
paint bits filling in the pores of the wood (almost impossible to get
out without damaging the panel).
Cheers, Russ
Oh, and BTW gentlemen, please strip the excess off of messages before
replying.
As a special courtesy to Stu, give it a bit o' thought to
housekeeping before posting.
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What a nag eh.
At 03:36 PM 2/29/2020, you wrote:
Thanks for your perspectives.
I admit that I had not considered that freshening up the boat as I
planned would diminish the value--given the sorry state of the water
stained teak my thought was that it would increase the value!
My thoughts were that something needs done with the current teak in
the boat--especially the main cabin where the water stains are--and
that in order to do the teak with varnish, the stains and the teak
really need cleaned up--far beyond just doing interior varnishing
over a previously varnished teak. My teak was never varnished, only
left natural with very occasional oil rubbed on--maybe twice in 25 years.
Given the stains, my guess is that cleaning them up for varnish
application would likely double the cost of the refresh since the
surface prep would be extensive and then there are multiple varnish
coats to be addressed. After likely 5+ boat bucks, I am left with a
likely very pretty, shiny AND dark teak interior. I have not been to
any boat shows lately, but all the ads for boats show pictures with
light, airy, bright interiors. I think that might make my 1995 model
look more like a 2015 or 2020 model boat down below, as opposed to a
1985, 1975 or even older boat. Of course, I could be totally wrong
in this since I have only sold ONE boat in my life!
Painting the faces of the teak doors (both cabin and storage),
drawers, etc. and leaving the remaining teak alone appears to me to
keep the cost reasonable AND add substantial brightness to the
cabin. BTW, my head was finished by the factory in a similar
manner--almost all the surfaces are off-white (Formica or painted
wood--not sure)--only the cabinet handles and trim are teak and it
still looks great.
I am faced with trade-offs of cost vs. change in value (+ or -). I
doubt that any varnish or paint job will add or subtract
substantially to the boat value at sale time--its more a matter of
"...the lesser of two weevils..." to copy from Patrick O'Bryan. If I
am right or even close to it, I need to get the best refresh for the
money and to me that seems like paint vs. varnish--although I still
cringe a little when I think of painting over mostly solid, is
seriously stained, teak!
FWIW,
Charlie Nelson
1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb
New Bern, NC
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